– He always wants to play, he wants to score goals. But this is my decision and I make it when looking at the team. It was not about Lewandowski himself. I always support him and let me play a lot, and today I am glad that he has scored a key goal – Hansi Flick spoke after the match against Rayo Vallecano (1: 0). In this way, he referred to the decision to download Robert Lewandowski from the field in the 81st minute of the meeting, which caused quite negative emotions at the attacker. After all, the Pole could be successful this day. He recorded a goal and the only one in this clash that determined the team's victory. And that's not the end. Thanks to this hit he went down in history.
Robert Lewandowski leveled the achievement of Messi and the company. Fourth in history
The goal in the Rayo match was his 20th goal in La Liga this season. He collected such a number in only 23 meetings. As Goal.com noted, thanks to which the Pole joined the exclusive group of legends of Barcelona. Only three players of this club were able to get 20 hits in 23 matches of the La Liga season in this century. I am talking about Leo Messi, Luisa Suareza and Samuel Eto'o.
The first of them did it quite regularly. He made this art in the 2009-2020 seasons. In turn, Uruguayan managed it three times, and in the club he spent six seasons. And what did it look like in the case of ETO'o? He made such a feat as a Pole in the 2008/09 season. “It was a milestone for Lewandowski” – this is how journalists wrote about scoring a 20 goal in 23 Liga matches.
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Lewandowski before the chance to compensate with Bayern's achievement
And the Polish representative certainly does not intend to stop. He will have an opportunity to score the next goal on Saturday, February 22, when he will play away from Las Palmas. It is almost certain that Flick will bet on him from the first minutes. The German has a lot of confidence in him, and he repays on the pitch. And it is more than that.
Lewandowski has already scored 32 goals in 34 games in all competitions this season, and we have only February. So he is on the right track to get closer to achieving Bayern Munich, when he managed to score 50 goals in one campaign (2019/20) – exactly 55. Interestingly, then Flick also trained him.